Woven pile fabric.



No. 813,131. PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906.

' J ZIMMBRMAN WOVEN PILB FABRIC.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN 18 1905 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED FEB. 20, 1906. J. ZIMMERMAN. WOVEN PILE FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1905.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

city and county FEED JonN ZiMMEaMAN; or PHILADELPHIA,

PATIENT orator;

PENNSYLVANIA, AssieNoa TO PHlLADELPHlA TAPESTRY MILLS. A. OORPQRATION @F PENN- SYLVANM.

woven, PIILE Faerie.

No. 813,13i.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Jenn .ZIMMERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Woven Pile Fabric, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cut pile fabrics having outer and inner planes of wefts; and it consists in weaving a double cloth after the manner hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in a relation of weft l and "pile warp threads such that the warpthreads unite the outer wefts and at the same time form pile.

My invention further consists in binding outer and inner planes of weft-threads and combined binding and pile warp threads in such way by additional binder-Warp threads as to unite the inner and outer planes of weftthreads.

My invention further consists in passing a warp-thread under and over successive outer weft-threads and intermediate such passage, using the warp-thread as a pile without disturbing the relation of the warp with reference to the alternate outer wefts. My invention further consists in combinlng an additional binding-warp thread with a round of wefts in outer and inner planes di eringin number per plane and acombined binding and pile warp thread and in uniting the outer and inner weft-threads thereby in groups bearing the relation of the total number of welft threads in the one plane to those in the other.

My invention further consists in forming a pile fabric in such a manner that when it is cut binding-warps unitin the threads of the back will form pile with t eir extremities.

My invention further consists in using a Warp-thread to unite the back wefts of a fabric as cutthat is, a single ile'in such a manner that the extremities 0 these bindingwarps'shall form pile and in forming piles intermediate these extremities by another or other pile-warp threads.

My invention further consists in forming a pile fabric with combined binding and pile warp-threads and intermediate pile-threads and in uniting the two planes of wefts by an additional binding-warp.

Myinvention further consists in forming a number of picks, and

fabric as above described during an desired portion of its length and in therea 'ter for a portion using the combined pile and binding warp as a simple binding-warp for the back I wefts.

My invention further consists in arranging a fabric of the character described so that the pile-warps, which also form bindingwarps, are supplied at intervals from'opposite sides of the fabric.

A further object of my invention is to use binding-warp threads upon opposite sides of the double-pile fabric to unite the outer wefts and at intervals to throw these. warps in from either side at will as piles preferably without interfering with their relation .to the outer weft-threads. 4

A further object of my invention is to form a fabric having combined pile and binding warps, the pile warps being woven from either side at will, and the opposite side then containing these combined warps as bindingwarps only for the outer plane of weftsand in uniting the outer and inner planes of weftthreads by an additional binding-warp.

Figures 1 and 2 represent longitudinal sections of my cut pile fabric with the bindin warps omitted. Figs; 3 and 4 represent longitudinal sections of the completed fabric as respectively shown incomplete in Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate cor resjponding parts in the figures.

eferring to the drawings, in Fig. 1 the pile-warp when used for making pile is passed overthe wefts 2 in the upper cloth-3 and under the wefts 4: in the lower cloth 5. This operation may be repeated during any desired when required to make a continuous even back said warps may be passed over the Weft 6, whereby said pilewarp 1 not only acts as a bindingwarp, but is exposed to view on the'outside of the back of the body of the'fabric, thereby adding to the artistic finish of the same and increasing its durability, as the fabric is more closely interwoven.

When the warp 1 is not to appear in the pile during several consecutive picks, it is passed alternately above and below the weft 6, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4. The pile-warp 7 is also passed above the weft 2 and below the weft 4, and when desired it may be passed above and below the weft 6 for any desired Patented Feb. 20, 1906. i

number'of picks, and when said warp 7 is not warp which lies between the wefts 4, and 12 in the lower cloth 5. The object of using the stufier-warp is to form two weft planes for the purpose not only of givingstability to, the fabric, but since the said stuifer-warps in each of the upper and lower cloths pass in a straight linethrough the same in the finished article, it will prevent stretching, which might otherwise occur, since the other binding-threads pass through the weft planes at an an le.

In ig. 2 the pile-warps 9, 10, and 11 are passed over the wefts 2 and under the wefts 4 during, any desired number of picks and may be passed under the-wefts 12 when desired and will. then appear onthe back of the fabric, by which means said warps 9 and 10 and 11 act both as pile-warps and as bindingwar s, and, furthermore, add to the wearing qualityand the artistic finish of the fabric.

It will be observed that the threads 1 and 7 are shown in Fig. 1 as being combined pilev and binding warps, uniting the outer weftthreads 6 and extending through the fabric as piles in such a manner that when the fabric is cut their extremities will form pile ends from threads 10 and 11', being there plain binding-warps for outer wefts 12,'while in Fig. 2, showing another section of the fabric, these, war s 1 and 7 form plain binding-warps, uniting tile wefts of the outer plane, while the pile-warps for both sides of the doublepil'e fabric are in this case furmshed from the opposite side by warps 10 and 11. The piles are thus woven from either, side atwill, while the outer and inner planes of wefts are united by additional warp-threads in grou s of two and one, the relation borne by tile number of wefts in the inner plane to the wefts inthe outer plane. Thus portions of the pile fabric upon each side are or may be united as to thelr inner and outer lanes of Weft-threads by this additional bindlngwar or series ofbinding-warps alone or by boti this binding-warp and the combined pile and binding warp.

it is evident that, if desired, any of the warps 9, 10, and 11 may be retained between the wefts 4 and 12 for any desired numberof picks, so that said warps will ap ear neither in the pile nor on the back of t e fabric, as will be apparent with regard to the warp 9 process of weaving, or this in Figs. 1 and 3, and it is evident that when desired said warp 9 may be caused to answer both as a pile-warp and as binding-warp in a manner similar to that described in conthe other pile-warps herein rethreads together with the outer weft-threads in conjunction with these inner weft-threads,

so that three weft-threads'are tightly bound together in each shed of the binding-war ,the object of this construction being to pinch the pile-warps between the three wefts between each crossing of the binder-warps, so that the ile when cut will be firmly bound in the bac preventing the pulling out. When the pile-warps 10 and 11 are not to appear in the. pile during several consecutive picks, said warps are passed alternately above and below the weft 12, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3.

The pile is cut in the usual way duringthe may be done out of the 106m with specially-constructed machine for that urpose, so that two distinct fabrics are pro ucedwhen the cutting is effected.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled .in the art which will come within t e scope of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in every instance to the exact form herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is' r 1. in a double-pile fabric, outer and inner weft planes in each fabric and a combined pile and binding warp lying between the planes of weft-threads of one fabric in a portion only, of its extent when not making'pile. 2. in a double-pile fabric, a plurality of rows of weft-threads forming an upper and a lower cloth in combination with a pile-Warp crossing from one clothto the other and en gaging with an inner row of wefts of the up per and lower cloth and, an outer row of wefts upon one side only of one ofthe cloths 3. A double-pile fabric having in each single fabric two weft planes, warp threads passing from one fabric to the other to form the pile, and when not thus disposed passing to the back of the single fabrics where they are interwoven with the Wefts .of the outer plane. a

4. in a double-pile fabric, upper and lower weft planes, body-warps between thewefts in said planes, and pile-warps engaging-with the outer Weft of one plane and the inner Wefts of both planes to serve both as figurewarps and binding-warps.

5. in a double-pile fabric having in each single fabric two Weft planes, a pile-warp passing alternately above and below the weft of one of the outer rows when not in the pile and when in the latter engaging with the innor rows of wefts for predetermined hum-- ber of picks, pilawarp passing alternately above and below each wait of the other outer row and bindingwvarps passingalternately over one of the outer rows of Weits and under two of the inner rows of Wei-ts.

6. in a pile fabric, and outer planes of Wefts and a combined pile and binding Warp forming a plurality of double passages of pile between binding positions.

'2. in a pile fabric, inner planes of Weft threads, an outer plane of Welt-threads and a Warp-thread alternating around 'weits of op posite inner planes successive welts of he outer plane.

8. in a double-pile fabric a plurality of in nor and outer planes of Weft-threads and a Warp continuously binding the threads of an outer plane of Wefts together and intermittently uniting threads of opposite inner planes.

S5. in a pile fabric, a plurality of planes of outer warps, a plurality of planes of inner warps each having its threads a multiple oi those of the corresponding outer plane, a combined. pile and binding Warp making cloth with the Wefts of an outer plane and a bind ing-Warp uniting the Wetts of this outer plane to the Wefts bl its inner plane in the multiple relation existing between the threads of the planes.

10. in a double-pile ner planes of Weftthreads, a combined pile and binding Warp uniting the Wefts of the outer plane upon one side at all times and extending through and around. the inner Wefts and also above and below I fabric, outer and inof the opposite side to form pile for a portion or? the'double fabric, and a combined pile and binding Warp upon the opposite side uniting the Weffts of the outer plane upon this oppo site side and forming pile for another portion of the double fabric.

ii. in a doublepile fabric, inner and outer Weft-threads, a pile-Warp passing around inner Welts in both planes throughout a por tion of the fabric but passing at intervals outside of outer Weft-threads and independent binding-warps uniting inner and outer Weftthreads.

12. in a double-pile fabric, inner and outer Weft-threads upon each side of the fabric, a combined pile and binding Warp acting as a pile throughout one portion of the fabric and as a binder upon one side of the fabric through out a succeeding portion of the fabric and an independent binding-Warp uniting the Wefts upon the side or" the fabric united by the combined pile and binding Warp.

13. in a double-pile fabric, inner and outer Weft-threads upon each side of the fabric, a

combined pile and binding Warp acting as a pile throughout one portion or the fabric and a binder upon one side of the fabric throughout the succeeding portion of the fabric, and an independent binding-Warp uniting the Wefts upon the side of the fabric united by v the combined pile and binding Warp and an independent binding-Warp upon the oppo: site side of the fabric.

id. in a double-pile fabric, inner and outer weft-threads upon each side of the fabric, combined pile and binding warps binding in successive portions of the fabric and forming pile at intervals, and an independent binding-Warp uniting the inner and outer Weftthreads throughout the successive sections.

JUHN ZlMMERNAN. Witnesses:

Jenn A. lilfrnnnnsnnIM,

C. D. ll lCVAY. 

